The Federal Aviation Association is set to become a space traffic cop. [WSJ]

Government disclosure of security vulnerabilities has become a hot political topic. [Mozilla]

A federal court in DC has begun to unseal secret records on to the U.S. government’s use of electronic surveillance. As Jason Leopold reports, it’s a “major victory for journalists and privacy and transparency advocates.” [Vice]

STATE AND LOCAL

Federal prosecutors told a court today that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie knew about intentional lane delays in a bridge, contradicting his public statements in the years since. [New York Times]

Government technology represents an estimated $141 billion dollar annual market in the USA, between municipal, state and federal government. Aging legacy IT, public demand for services, open data and workforce retirement are an opportunity for entrepreneurs, as Luke Fretwell outlines in his “pitch for government technology,” but he underbills the challenges that regulatory and procurement hurdles pose to startups and the role lobbying plays in favoring incumbent companies selling tech to governments. This is a major set of issues for mayors the next administration to take on. [TechCrunch]

INTERNATIONAL

Despite rhetoric about ForeignAssistance.gov and the data on it, foreign assistance spending is still not accurate nor fully transparent. [Center for Global Development]

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